i don't think anyone here can tell you one way or the other without actually hearing it but the fact that you suspect it is reason enough to backup your info and make your way to the nearest Apple store. conveniently enough, you can now make a reservation at the Genius Bar up to two days in advance.

I don't know if this IS a hard drive click and the thing is that my apple store is no where near close and I really don't want to take it there unless I can determine if this really is a problem. Can anyone help?

See this is a brand new macbook after my first was declared DOA. It is like three weeks old. But I am thinking that one click might be just something the computer does sometimes as my old Toshiba laptop did it sometimes when on the net and stuff...is there anywhere I could hear what the hard drive click sounds like or is it multiple clicks because mine is just a one time thing.

See this is a brand new macbook after my first was declared DOA. It is like three weeks old. But I am thinking that one click might be just something the computer does sometimes as my old Toshiba laptop did it sometimes when on the net and stuff...is there anywhere I could hear what the hard drive click sounds like or is it multiple clicks because mine is just a one time thing.

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the first hard drive i had in my MBP failed a few weeks after i got it, and my clicking would last for about 10 seconds, click after click after click. eventually, it got so bad that it would click repeatedly and lock up my MBP, and a restart was necessary. now, i occasionally get a single click when i'm doing random web browsing and stuff, but it doesn't concern me.

the first hard drive i had in my MBP failed a few weeks after i got it, and my clicking would last for about 10 seconds, click after click after click. eventually, it got so bad that it would click repeatedly and lock up my MBP, and a restart was necessary. now, i occasionally get a single click when i'm doing random web browsing and stuff, but it doesn't concern me.

yet another voice for backing up, by the way.

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This makes me feel sooo much better as it doesn't click for 10 seconds or anything just a a single random click.

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